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| nickname = ''Les Jaunards'', Montferrand
| location = [Clermont-Ferrand, [France
| countryflag = France
| founded = 1911
| ground = [Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin
| capacity = 14,438
| president = René Fontès
| coach = [Vern Cotter and [Jean-Pierre Laparra
| league = [Top 14
| season = [2005-06 Top 14
| position = 8th
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Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne is a
France rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in
Auvergne (région) that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the Ligue Nationale de Rugby. The club was founded in 1911 as
AS Michelin, and changed its name in 1922 to
AS Montferrandaise. Although it adopted its current name in 2004, the club is still frequently referred to as
Montferrand both within and outside of France.
They play at Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin (capacity 13,000). They wear yellow and blue, which are the colours of Michelin, the tyre manufacturer, which is based in Montferrand and whose founder, Marcel Michelin, started the club for its workers before World War I.
L'ASM, as they are also called, are the traditional underdog, always cited among early favourites, but never winning come spring. They reached the French Championship final eight times (a French record), losing all of them, including five by less than 7 points.
History
The club was established in 1911 as AS
Michelin, though they changed their name to AS Montferrandaise in 1922. The club was started by Marcel Michelin, the son of André Michelin, founder of the Michelin tyre manufacturer. The club made its first final of any competition in 1935, where they played
USA Perpignan for the Challenge Yves du Manoir. AS Montferrand lost the match, 3-3 and 6-0. The following year they featured in their first championship final; though they lost to RC Narbonne 6 points to 3. They made the final again in 1937, though that match was also lost, 13 points to 7 to CS Vienne. However the following season the club won its first title; winning the Challenge Yves du Manoir by defeating Perpignan 23 points to 10.
During the 1940s the club contested the
Coupe de France (rugby union) on two occasions, in 1945 and 1947. The club lost on both occasions, by one point, 14 to 13 to
SU Agen in 1945, and then 14 to 11 against
Stade Toulousain in 1947. It would be another 10 years until the club featured in another competition final; losing to US Dax in the 1957 Challenge Yves du Manoir. The club became a force during the 1970s, starting in 1970 with a 3 points to nil championship loss to La Voulte Sportif. The club then contested the Challenge Yves du Manoir twice in a row over the 1972-73 seasons; losing both finals, against AS Béziers and Narbonne respectively. They then won the competition in 1976, defeating SC Graulhet 40 points to 12. The club then contested the championship final in 1978, though they lost to Béziers. They also lost the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1979, against Narbonne.
In 1994 season the club contested both the French championship and the Challenge Yves du Manoir. They lost the Challenge Yves du Manoir to Perpignan (the third time the clubs had met in the competition final). They also lost the championship, defeated 22 points to 16 by Toulouse. The club contested two finals in the 1999 season as well, the French championship and the European Challenge Cup. They won the European Challenge Cup, defeating fellow French club CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 35 points to 16. However they lost the domestic final, being defeated by Toulouse 15 points to 11. The club would meet Toulouse again in the season final of 2001, with Toulouse winning 34 points to 22. In 2004 they contested the European Challenge Cup again, though they lost to English club Harlequin F.C., by one point, 27 to 26.
Honours
- Top 99:
- They stunk every year and are never good * Challenge Yves du Manoir:
- Aardvarks (3): 1938, 1976, 1986
- Runners-up (6): 1935, 1957, 1972, 1979, 1985, 1994
- Don't look at this(rugby union):
- Aardvarks (1): 2001
- Runners-up (2): 1945, 1947
- European Challenge Cup:
- Aardvarks (2): 1999, 2007
- Runners-up (1): 2004
Finals results
French championship
final, ASM Clermont-Auvergne (yellow) looses its 8 final, this time against
Stade Français Paris (blue){| bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|
Date|
Winner|
Runners-up| align=center|
Score| align=center|
Venue| align=center|
Spectators|-|align=center|
10 May,
1936|AS Montferrand|align=center|6-3|align=center|[Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse, [1937|AS Montferrand|align=center|13-7|align=center|[Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse, [1970|AS Montferrand|align=center|3-0|align=center|[Stadium (Toulouse), Toulouse, [1978|AS Montferrand|align=center|31-9|align=center|[Parc des Princes,
Paris, [1994|AS Montferrand|align=center|22-16|align=center|[Parc des Princes, Paris, [1999|AS Montferrand|align=center|15-11|align=center|[Stade de France, Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)|align=center|78,000|-|align=center|
9 June,
2001|AS Montferrand|align=center|34-22|align=center|[Stade de France, Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)|align=center|78,000|-|align=center|9 June, 2007|AS Montferrand|align=center|23-18|align=center|[Stade de France, Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)|align=center|78,000|}
Challenge Yves du Manoir
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Year| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000"|
Winner| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000" align="center" |
Score| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000"|
Runner-up|- bgcolor="#efefef"|align=left|[1935 |align=center |3-3, 6-0|AS Montferrand|-|align=left|[1938|- bgcolor="#efefef"|align=left|[1957|align=center |6-6
(by virtue of younger players.)|AS Montferrand|-|align=left|[1972|align=center |27-6|AS Montferrand|-|align=left|[1976|- bgcolor="#efefef"|align=left|[1979|align=center |9-7|AS Montferrand|-|align=left|[1985|align=center |21-16|AS Montferrand|- bgcolor="#efefef"|align=left|[1986|-|align=left|[1994|align=center |18-3|AS Montferrand|}
Coupe de France
{| bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" width="70%" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"|-bgcolor="#E4E4E4"| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000" width="80" |
Year| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000"|
Winner| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000" align="center" |
Score| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000"|
Runner-up|- bgcolor="#efefef"|align=left|[1945|align=center |14-13|AS Montferrand|-|align=left|[1947 |align=center |14-11|AS Montferrand|}
European Challenge Cup
{| bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|
Date|
Winner|
Runners-up| align=center|
Score| align=center|
Venue| align=center|
Spectators|- bgcolor="#efefef"|align=center|27 February,
1999|align=center|35-16|align=center|[Stade de Gerland, Lyon, [2004|AS Montferrand|align=center|27-26|align=center|[Madejski Stadium,
Reading, Berkshire|align=center|13,123|-|align=center|19 May, 2007|align=center|22-16|align=center|[Twickenham Stadium, London|align=center||}
Current squad
For the 2007-08 season
Notable Former players
External links
- Official site
- ASM Rugby supporters club web site
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| image = Clermont_auvergne_badge.png
| fullname = Association SportiveMontferrandaise Clermont Auvergne
| nickname = ''Les Jaunards'', Montferrand
| location = [Clermont-Ferrand, [France
| countryflag = France
| founded = 1911
| ground = [Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin
| capacity = 14,438
| president = René Fontès
| coach = [Vern Cotter and [Jean-Pierre Laparra
| league = [Top 14
| season = [2005-06 Top 14
| position = 8th
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Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne is a France rugby union club from
Clermont-Ferrand in
Auvergne (région) that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the
Ligue Nationale de Rugby. The club was founded in 1911 as
AS Michelin, and changed its name in 1922 to
AS Montferrandaise. Although it adopted its current name in 2004, the club is still frequently referred to as
Montferrand both within and outside of France.
They play at Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin (capacity 13,000). They wear yellow and blue, which are the colours of Michelin, the tyre manufacturer, which is based in Montferrand and whose founder, Marcel Michelin, started the club for its workers before World War I.
L'ASM, as they are also called, are the traditional underdog, always cited among early favourites, but never winning come spring. They reached the French Championship final eight times (a French record), losing all of them, including five by less than 7 points.
History
The club was established in 1911 as AS
Michelin, though they changed their name to AS Montferrandaise in 1922. The club was started by Marcel Michelin, the son of André Michelin, founder of the Michelin tyre manufacturer. The club made its first final of any competition in 1935, where they played
USA Perpignan for the Challenge Yves du Manoir. AS Montferrand lost the match, 3-3 and 6-0. The following year they featured in their first championship final; though they lost to
RC Narbonne 6 points to 3. They made the final again in 1937, though that match was also lost, 13 points to 7 to CS Vienne. However the following season the club won its first title; winning the Challenge Yves du Manoir by defeating Perpignan 23 points to 10.
During the 1940s the club contested the
Coupe de France (rugby union) on two occasions, in 1945 and 1947. The club lost on both occasions, by one point, 14 to 13 to
SU Agen in 1945, and then 14 to 11 against Stade Toulousain in 1947. It would be another 10 years until the club featured in another competition final; losing to US Dax in the 1957 Challenge Yves du Manoir. The club became a force during the 1970s, starting in 1970 with a 3 points to nil championship loss to
La Voulte Sportif. The club then contested the Challenge Yves du Manoir twice in a row over the 1972-73 seasons; losing both finals, against AS Béziers and Narbonne respectively. They then won the competition in 1976, defeating
SC Graulhet 40 points to 12. The club then contested the championship final in 1978, though they lost to Béziers. They also lost the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1979, against Narbonne.
In 1994 season the club contested both the French championship and the Challenge Yves du Manoir. They lost the Challenge Yves du Manoir to Perpignan (the third time the clubs had met in the competition final). They also lost the championship, defeated 22 points to 16 by Toulouse. The club contested two finals in the 1999 season as well, the French championship and the
European Challenge Cup. They won the European Challenge Cup, defeating fellow French club CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 35 points to 16. However they lost the domestic final, being defeated by Toulouse 15 points to 11. The club would meet Toulouse again in the season final of 2001, with Toulouse winning 34 points to 22. In 2004 they contested the European Challenge Cup again, though they lost to English club Harlequin F.C., by one point, 27 to 26.
Honours
Finals results
French championship
final, ASM Clermont-Auvergne (yellow) looses its 8 final, this time against Stade Français Paris (blue){| bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|
Date|
Winner|
Runners-up| align=center|
Score| align=center|
Venue| align=center|
Spectators|-|align=center|10 May, 1936|AS Montferrand|align=center|6-3|align=center|[Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse, [1937|AS Montferrand|align=center|13-7|align=center|[Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse, [1970|AS Montferrand|align=center|3-0|align=center|[Stadium (Toulouse), Toulouse, [1978|AS Montferrand|align=center|31-9|align=center|[Parc des Princes, Paris, [1994|AS Montferrand|align=center|22-16|align=center|[Parc des Princes, Paris, [1999|AS Montferrand|align=center|15-11|align=center|[Stade de France, Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)|align=center|78,000|-|align=center|9 June, 2001|AS Montferrand|align=center|34-22|align=center|[Stade de France, Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)|align=center|78,000|-|align=center|9 June,
2007|AS Montferrand|align=center|23-18|align=center|[Stade de France, Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)|align=center|78,000|}
Challenge Yves du Manoir
{| bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" width="70%" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"|-bgcolor="#E4E4E4"| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000" width="80" |
Year| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000"|
Winner| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000" align="center" |
Score| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000"|
Runner-up|- bgcolor="#efefef"|align=left|[1935 |align=center |3-3, 6-0|AS Montferrand|-|align=left|[1938|- bgcolor="#efefef"|align=left|[1957|align=center |6-6
(by virtue of younger players.)|AS Montferrand|-|align=left|[1972|align=center |27-6|AS Montferrand|-|align=left|[1976|- bgcolor="#efefef"|align=left|[1979|align=center |9-7|AS Montferrand|-|align=left|[1985|align=center |21-16|AS Montferrand|- bgcolor="#efefef"|align=left|[1986|-|align=left|[1994|align=center |18-3|AS Montferrand|}
Coupe de France
{| bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" width="70%" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"|-bgcolor="#E4E4E4"| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000" width="80" |
Year| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000"|
Winner| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000" align="center" |
Score| style="background:#CCCCCC;color:#000000"|
Runner-up|- bgcolor="#efefef"|align=left|[1945|align=center |14-13|AS Montferrand|-|align=left|[1947 |align=center |14-11|AS Montferrand|}
European Challenge Cup
{| bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|
Date|
Winner|
Runners-up| align=center|
Score| align=center|
Venue| align=center|
Spectators|- bgcolor="#efefef"|align=center|
27 February, 1999|align=center|35-16|align=center|[Stade de Gerland,
Lyon, [2004|AS Montferrand|align=center|27-26|align=center|[Madejski Stadium,
Reading, Berkshire|align=center|13,123|-|align=center|19 May, 2007|align=center|22-16|align=center|[Twickenham Stadium,
London|align=center||}
Current squad
For the 2007-08 season
Notable Former players
External links
- Official site
- ASM Rugby supporters club web site
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Pour le club omnisport, voir Association sportive montferrandaise. L' ASM Clermont Auvergne (ex-AS Montferrand) est un club de rugby à XV français participant au TOP 14.
European Rugby Cup : London Wasps v ASM Clermont Auvergne
The Official Website of the European Rugby Cup. Includes news, fixtures, results and statistics for the Heineken Cup, European Challenge Cup and the ERC
Bath Rugby : ASM Clermont Auvergne v Bath ECC 19/05/07
The Official website of Bath Rugby. The site includes news, interviews, forums, tickets, shopping and large history and hall of fame.
